Example sentences of "[vb infin] down [adv] [conj] [vb base] " in BNC.

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1 In view of Fen 's objections to her presence , should she stay down here and keep a low profile , or should she risk going up on deck ?
2 No , well there were n't much to see if your hopper was full , you ai n't got far to go cos they only come about a foot off side , you see you could just kneel down there and catch 'em .
3 If he did she would break down completely and beg him to hold her , beg him not to leave her .
4 You can go down later and whip up some action .
5 He 'll go down there and fight the lot of them .
6 They do like visitors outside of peak time , so if you get an opportunity , do please go down there and introduce yourselves , so they have a face to put to the name .
7 I 'll creep down later and borrow a couple of items from Auntie 's handbag and then I 'll be set .
8 Yeah , the inflammation will often spread down here and make you feel grotty .
9 Phoned my mum up , she said you can come down here and have a bath say at seven o'clock in the morning , she says yeah !
10 Direct , the same as erm fertiliser coming in , a lot of lorries would come down there and get the fertiliser , different say merchants , different farmers , they used to go through the agent and they 'd buy so much off the agent , this different fertiliser if could n't supply it , what they wanted .
11 In one of his books , David Jenkins speaks of a cartoon which shows God sitting on a cloud looking very cross and saying : ‘ You love one another or I 'll come down there and thump you . ’
12 Let's get down there and see if we can get some of those supplies . ’
13 Why not drive down there and enjoy a couple of days of sun and sea ? ’
14 ‘ We will sit down tomorrow and see how we 're going to handle things .
15 Wo n't you sit down again and tell me something I 'm dying to ask you ? ’
16 And as the lights came up , she 'd sit down again and let the thing creep back up through her bones where it belonged .
17 I mean I do it sort of a bit naturally , I mean if you , you know that what , the Delvine Hotel , I mean I sort of went in and I du n no sort of part way in I sort of said can I ask you if , you know , you 've had your other quotes and he sort of said yes we 're gon na sit down tonight and make our minds up
18 No , but possibly you could sit down together and go through it .
19 Let me finish in a very positive note in saying that I 'm as concerned as the speaker to which I reply that that day will be reached and reached soon , please God , when we can sit down together and share fully in the sacrament of the lord 's supper .
20 Well November , I meant the fourth of November it seems to be for ever anyway I spoke to the Head of the Department when they came back and he said I must admit we 've done nothing from the point of view of putting things on paper but a lot of thinking has gone into it I must really sit down now and commit things to paper .
21 if you get started you can , you palm , the pattern comes back and you follow it through and you get the answer , erm , need to do it every , maybe sort of about once a month or so , for each topic , do n't let a topic go for about a month without you looking at it for ten minutes or so , and it will be surprising how that little bit of effort keeps it in your mind , so when you come to the exam you do n't sit down there and go , oh , it 's two months ago , I was doing everyone right , wonderful
22 Er I 'm gon na sit down quietly and do it one day erm it 's and make a sub-directory .
23 " If you will only sit down patiently and wait , our master , who is the most generous man in the world , will certainly give you a good supper when he comes back .
24 You must settle down here and get on with your work .
25 ‘ I took a bus to the border of the forbidden zone just as close as I dared , got out and saw this nice little wabi , a small valley kind of thing , and thought I 'll settle down there and take my chances .
26 The impersonality of this discourse of power is here used to signify an unfeeling bureaucracy out of touch with the realities of policing a riot — ‘ Officers who are unfortunately set alight should lie down patiently and wait their turn to be put out . ’
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